Jasmin DarznikIf he could not restore her to the status of a respectable woman, then Sohrab would make her into something else entirely, something hitherto unknown in their entire extended family, an educated woman, a professional woman.
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A woman who was not a respectable woman is one who was foolish and useless, as opposed to a woman who was a good wife and mother. A respectable woman is the kind of woman that would be expected to marry well and produce children. A woman who has been made into something else would probably be considered as a whore, as opposed to a respectable woman.
Source: The Good Daughter: A Memoir Of My Mothers Hidden Life
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